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WALLACE W. GRIEB, 0F IDOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed April 13, 1923. Serial No. 631,943.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VALLACE W. Game, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Downers Grove, in the county of Du Page andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Game Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in game apparatus,and in the embodiment of my invention as herein set forth, it isdesigned especially for use in playing the game of Cootie.

A further object of my said invention, is to provide a dice having apenalty or set back feature to increase the difficulty and uncertaintyof the game.

With the foregoing, and other objects in view, which will moreparticularly appear in the following specification, my inventionconsists of the design and arrangement of parts as described in theaccompanying specification, and as illustrated in the accompain ingdrawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same partthroughout the various views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dice having my invention embodiedtherein.

Figure 2 is a developed surface of the six sides of a dice showing mydesign upon each of the six sides.

Figure 3 is a developed view showing the second dice having the twofaces, employed as forfeit or set back as explained hereinafter.

In making my said invention, 1 have preferably employed dice having sixsides, as shown, and having the indication upon each side, as H for thehead, B for the body, L for the legs, F for the feeler, E for the eye,and T for the tail upon each of one of the dice, while the other dicepreferably has the indications as shown, F for feeler, E for the eye,two sides marked with L for legs, and two sides with a face orcharacter, as a monkey face, as shown, for the purposes as hereinafterdescribed. I also preferably show some design to indicate the partrepresented on each side, as the representation of a feeleron the sidemarked with the F, the representation of a head on the side marked withthe H, the representation of a leg on the side represented by L therepresentation of an eye on the side marked with the E thatrepresentation of the body on the side marked with the B and therepresentation of the tail on the side marked with the T.

In playing the game of Cootie with the dice, as explained above, it isusual to use two dice, one of each kind shown in the illustrations, bothbeing thrown by the player at the same time. As is usual, the side whichcomes uppermost is the only side to be counted in favor of the player,and to make progress, it is necessary that certain sides shall be playedfirst, as it is necessary to secure a body before it is possible toattach the legs or other parts to it. The players therefore throw thedice, until each one secures one having the representation of a bodythereon, and then the game proceeds by adding to the body the otherparts as they are repre sented in the play, until one or the othercompletes his Cootie, by securing all of the parts first, in which eventhe has won the game.

In the dice preferably employed by me the dice represented in Figure 2is preferably dark color, as blue or black, and the dice represented inFigure 3 is red, or some other lighter color. While I prefer to play thegame with only two dice to each player, it is apparent that more dicemay be employed without departing from the spirit of my said invention.

While I have shown my dice as having six sides, as is usual with dice,it will be apparent that the number of sides may be increased to eight,or more, without in any manner departing from the spirit of my saidinvention, or said dice may be made in the form of the six or more sidedtops frequently employed in place of dice, without departing from thespirit of my said invention. While I have shown my game apparatus asdesigned to play Cootie, it is apparent that it may equally as well beemployed to make other figures in the same similar character, ifdesired. lVhile I have shown a monkey face, as the hazard, or set backfeature, it is apparent that said design may be of any other characteras well, and may be employed to indicate a favor, if so desired by theplayers.

While there may be many variations of the said game as played, I preferto play said game with each Cootie represented by 11 parts, as body,head, two eyes, two feelers, four legs and a tail. To start scoring, theplayer must throw a body. If he is successful, he is entitled to anotherthrow, and the other parts are added to the body, as thrown,

until the cootie is completed. Whenever the player fail's to throw thedice to indicate a part which he can employ in building up his cootie,the turn passes to the next player in turn. The progress of the game maybe indicated by sketching the parts secured upon paper, until the cootieis completed, or it may be represented by additional dice to representeach part as won. If any player throws a dice with the monkey face, theplayer loses his turn, and is set back and compelled to start anew. Ifpreferred, the penalty may be merely loss of the amount which would havebeen gained on the other dice thrown, in the wish of the players. 7

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is the following i 1. A game apparatusconsisting of two dice, one having a different part of an animal on eachside and the other having some of its sides provided with parts of ananimal with some of its sides having a special de sign to indicate aforfeit.

2. A game apparatus consisting of tw dice, one having six sidesrepresenting six different parts of an animal to be constructed, and thesecond die having four sides representing four parts of the animal to beconstructed in the play, and two sides, having a special design toindicate a forfeit, substantially as shown and described.

3. A game apparatus consisting of two dice, one having a different partof an object on each side and the other having some of its sidesprovided with parts of the object to be constructed with one of thesides of said other die having a special design to indicate a variancein play.

a. A game apparatus consisting of two dice, one having upon each side asectional part of an object to be constructed and the other die havingon some sides sectional parts of the object to be constructed and onother sides having characters indicative of a change in play.

5. A game apparatus consisting of a plurality of members having sides,each member having on its sides characters indicative of an object to beconstructed, one of the members having a special design on one sideindicative of a change in play.

In testimony whereof, I have duly signed the foregoing specification.

WALLACE W. GRIEB.

